Replace Text in File Using Python [Simple Example]

In this tutorial, we're going to learn how to replace text in a file by following these steps:

1. Open the file on reading and writing r+ mode.
2. Read the file.
3. replace text in the output file.
4. Write the result on the same file.

 

Let's see the example:

 

Replacing a Text in a File [Example]

file.txt:

 

Now, let's replace PHP with PYTHON.

 

#openfile
with open('file.txt', 'r+') as f:
    
    #read file
    file_source = f.read()
    
    #replace 'PHP' with 'PYTHON' in the file
    replace_string = file_source.replace('PHP', 'PYTHON')
    
    #save output
    f.write(replace_string)

 

Result:

 

file.txt:

As you can see, PHP has been replaced with PYTHON